March 15, 2010
On the 14th day of the Olympics I was able to enjoy and capture some photographs of two American bands including Galactic and Animal Liberation Orchestra (ALO).
Galactic was the first group to hit the stage today and they performed a great Jazzy, funk show with a rich assortment of instruments from hip hop, electronic and blues mixed into the bunch.
ALO was the next band to hit the stage here in Whistler after Galactic finished their set. ALO stands for Animal Liberation Orchestra evolved into a nine piece ensemble drawing a lot of attention in the Santa Barbara area with their energetic stage shows; which is no surprise from the performance they put on here in Whistler.
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March 11, 2010
Today day 13 of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler was a slow day for live shows on the Village Square stage but it was a nice change from the live acts we had been seeing the last couple days. Gorky Park was the lead band on the stage today with an awesome rock show.
Gorky Park is a Rock band from Russia who started way back in 1987. At the time there was a lot of tension between Russia and the United States which made it a difficult time to break into the music industry in Russia, but some turn of events in the 80′s helped them brake it big.
The group consists of guitarist Alexey Belov, vocalist Nikolay Noskov, bassist Alexander “Big Sasha” Minkov, guitarist Jan Ianenkov, and drummer Alexander Lvov came together to form Gorky Park.
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